maandag 3 november 2014

Cinnamon 2.4 available for beta-testing in Linux Mint 17

A brand new version of Cinnamon is out and it will be featured in the
upcoming release of Linux Mint 17.1 at the end of the month.
For a quick look at its new features, please read the official announcement: Cinnamon 2.4
In the next two weeks we’ll be using your feedback to improve
Cinnamon and to fix eventual bugs in preparation for the next Linux Mint
release.
If you want to help beta-test the new desktop (beware: There will be
bugs, there always are bugs in new releases, that’s why we leave a month
between the releases of Cinnamon and Linux Mint), you can upgrade
Cinnamon to version 2.4.0 by following the instructions below:

Launch Menu->Administration->”Software Sources”.

Tick the option “Unstable Packages (Romeo)”.

Carefully read the warning in the dialog that pops up and click “Yes” if appropriate.

Launch the Update Manager and click on “Refresh”.

If a new mintupdate version is shown, apply it.

Apply all updates related to Cinnamon (sort by version, 2.4.0 or 2.4.1, or by update type since they all come from Romeo).